Welcome to Tiny Bytes, a look at some of the top news for little minds.

Landslide blocks highway in J&K

The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway is closed for the second day because of landslides. This highway is the only all weather road link that connects Kashmir with the rest of the country. So the landslides have caused an abrupt halt in daily, smooth functioning.

7 new frog species in India

Four of these new types of frogs are so tiny, that they can sit on a coin or a thumbnail and are among the smallest in the world. Three others are larger ones and they all live in the Western Ghats mountain range forests.

Hartal in Thrissur

The Kerala Festival Coordination Committee has now called for a hartal in Thrissur Thursday, to protest against new rules about holding temple festivals, including the world famous Thrissur Pooram. Read more

Federer aspires to play alongside Nadal

Roger Federer has just revealed that he wants to join forces with Nadal at the Laver Cup this year. The Laver Cup is a new tournament where a European team plays against players from the rest of the world. Read more

That’s it for today, kids. Thank you for listening. I hope you’ll watch out for me at 5 pm tomorrow too. Remember, it’s so important to know what’s going on in the world around you.

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